Biologists are quietly rewriting what it means to be alive, and the human body has become one of their strangest frontiers.

Researchers identify a shared RNA-protein interaction that could lead to broad-spectrum antiviral treatments for enteroviruses ...

Researchers in Sweden recovered RNA from a 130-year-old Tasmanian tiger, allowing them to identify which genes were active in its tissues before extinction.

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Using a novel method, Weizmann Institute researchers map 16 types of simultaneous changes in dozens of samples; findings can ...

A research team at the University of California, Davis, has shown that cabernet sauvignon vines carry stable epigenetic ...

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Research into how a father’s choices — such as diet, exercise, stress, nicotine use — may transfer traits to his children has ...

New method ASPEN accurately maps gene activity from each parent in individual cells, overcoming noise in data. It revealed ...

For years, ETH researchers have been investigating a molecular complex that plays a key role in protein synthesis. They have ...